Point Pleasant Parking Meters Delayed by Street Repairs
Point Pleasant will delay revenue from 150 parking meters for at least two weeks due to paving repairs on Fourth Fifth and Sixth Streets. Meters will be installed on Main Street sections and nearby avenues as work progresses. Former Sheriff W W Rowsey has been appointed special patrolman to monitor the meters and will provide a 3500 dollar surety bond.
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Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Main St
Sixth St
Viand
Main Sts
Fifth St
Fourth St
Viand St
Ohio River
W .W. Rowsey
Fred Burks Found Dead in Point Pleasant Home
Frederick Samuel Burks 57 a fireman at the Government Building was found dead at his home in Point Pleasant He had been ill since Sunday and off duty at the post office Burks was discovered when he did not appear and a coroner ruled a heart attack with death about 12 hours prior Funeral arrangements have not been completed
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Point Pleasant
Frederick Samuel Burks
Raymond W. Allen
William Bennett
Burks
Coyner
R. W. Eshenaur
William H. Bardin
Eshenaur
William and Rhoda Burks
G M Parsons Funeral To Be Held Friday
Funeral services for George M Parsons 80 of Hallwood will be from the home Friday at 2 pm with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. He died after a heart attack and is survived by wife May and three sons Carl George and Lawrence and daughter Lora.
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Point Pleasant
George M. Parsons
Hallwood
Lone Oak Cemetery
Parsons
May
Lewis) Parsons
Carl Parsons
City
George Parsons, Jr
Sylvania
Lawrence Parsons
Charlotte May Andrews Dies After Fatal Fall
Mrs. Charlotte May Andrews, 77, of Hallwood, died at home from injuries after a fall several days earlier. Survived by husband John Andrews and several children. Funeral service by Rev. W. L. Gearhart of Clifton set for 10 o'clock Friday morning.
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Point Pleasant
Charlotte May Andrews
Hallwood
John Andrews
W. L. Gearhart
Clifton
Social notes from Point Pleasant honor clubs and visits
Baptist Woman's Union met on Mrs Delbert Staats lawn with prayer, singing, and a bamboo tale. Five Hundred Club hosted Edith Mercer. J G F Johnson honored her father R E Somerville with a birthday dinner. Banquet to honor Vacation Bible School participants set for Friday at Baptist church social rooms. Mayor Krodel and officials noted on business trips. Bailey and Judge Kenna in Charleston assessing politics.
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Point Pleasant
Baptist Woman's Union
Delbert C. Staats
Hugh Barr
Lula Meadows
Baptist Missionary Society
Barr
Charles Morrow
L. R
Harry Roush
Viand St
Edith Mercer
Carapolis
Cary Howard Rayburn
Rayburn
Miss Mercer
Homer Martin
Tom Halliday
Nelson A. Park
Walter A. Windsor
Milton L. Miller
J. G. F. Johnson
Jefferson Boulevard
R. E. Somerville
Somerville
Mrs. Johnson
W. C. Bird
Ray Greenler
Elmer Nutter
L. A. McMillin
Arch Hylton
H. A. Johnson
Harold E. Somerville
Frank T. Cady
The
Baptist Church
Irene Myers
J. C. Slack
Edward Somerville
B. W. Krodel
Columbus
Yesteray
John C. Hutchinson
Charleston
Harry Pullen
J. W., Lozier
U. S. Boat Inspection Service
Parkersburg
Ernest L. Bailey
Supreme Court
Jo N. Kenna
Funeral service for Abe Kapp held at Creston United Brethren
Funeral services for Abe Kapp were held this morning at the Creston United Brethren church at 10 o clock. The Rev. Wilbur Baxter officiated and burial followed in Creston Cemetery. Kapp died Monday night from a personal safety related gunshot wound at his home near Leon.
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Point Pleasant
Abe Kapp
Leon
Creston
Ration Board Allocates Nine New Automobiles
Certificates for new automobiles were awarded by the ration board to Flavis N. McCoy of Apple Grove J J Bufe of Mason and Dr J A Shinn D E Molster Homer Brown Harry Godfrey Roy Kincaid Wadman Randolph and B W Krodel all of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Ration Board
Flavis N. McCoy
Apple Grove
J. J. Bufe
Mason
J. A. Shinn
D. E. Molster
Homer Brown
Harry Godfrey
Roy Kincaid
Wadman Randolph
B. W. Krodel
Mrs Nora Jane Wright Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Jane Wright of Pliny aged 74 were held this afternoon at Mount Union Church led by Rev Orr. Burial followed in Pliny Cemetery. Surviving child includes Mrs Eva Wallace of this city.
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Point Pleasant
Nora Jane Wright
Pliny
Mount Union Church
Orr
Eva Wallace
Mason WPB Office Receives New Desk
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board in Point Pleasant reports its first office item a wooden defense type desk for the Musgrave Building. Secretary James Johnson says more equipment including a typewriter is on order and will arrive soon from the Mason County Board of Education and other sources.
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Son
Election supplies received except ballots in Parkersburg
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones reports receipt of primary election materials except ballots. Scholl Printing Co. in Parkersburg prints about 15 000 ballots at 3 95 per thousand, the shortest ballot and the lowest price in years.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Scholl Printing Co
Parkersburg
Registration totals incomplete in Point Pleasant
Deputy county clerk Emma Burnside said registration totals were not available after the primary registration closed. Reports from several precinct registrars were incomplete though more than 10,000 voters had registered before the final registrar session late last week.
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Point Pleasant
Emma Burnside
Charleston entrepreneur to open restaurant in historic building
Leslie Heck of Charleston has leased the first floor of the Sanford Rhoades Building on Sixth Street and plans to open a new restaurant next week. The space is notable as the former site of The Citizen, a Democratic weekly published from 1931 to 1939.
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Point Pleasant
Leslie Heck
Charleston
Sanford Rhoades
Sixth St
Citizen
Democratic
Arrest Warranted Desertion Case Involving Andy Thornton
Deputy Sheriff Hesson arrested Andy Thornton near Leon on a desertion charge at Fort Hayes. Thornton, inducted in 1941, was dismissed when the age limit dropped to 28 and returned home in February. Officers say they doubt it was willful desertion.
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Point Pleasant
Hesson
Andy Thornton
Near Leon
Fort Hayes
Thornton
Man Held in West Virginia Lunacy Case
Jimmy Morrison, investigator for the department of public assistance, returns Frank Lee to West Virginia from Pomeroy on lunacy charges. Lee, visiting his mother, had not established legal residence. Meigs County officials refused care and demanded WV assume responsibility.
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Point Pleasant
Jimmy Morrison
Department of Public Assistance
Frank Lee
West Virginia
Pomeroy
Lee
Meigs
War housing begun by Parkersburg Mill on Lincoln Ave
Point Pleasant The Parkersburg Mill Co began construction Wednesday of three homes for war workers on land recently purchased off R P Bell on Lincoln Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets.
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Point Pleasant
Parkersburg Mill Co
R. P. Bell
Lincoln Ave
24Th
25Th St
Grueser Announces Birth of Phillip Keith in Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Elmer Grueser announce the birth of an eight and a half pound son at Holzer Hospital on July 20. The child has been named Phillip Keith. Mr Grueser is manager of the local Southern States Cooperative Store.
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Point Pleasant
Elmer Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Phillip Keith
Grueser
Southern States Cooperative Store
Entertain Kiwanians At Luncheon Today
A trio of young musicians Miss Jacqueline Windsor Linda Reiker and Mary Virginia Lecky entertained the Kiwanis Club at the Blue Bird Grill luncheon. They were directed by Mr. William Van Horn.
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Point Pleasant
Jacqueline Windsor
Linda Reiker
Mary Virginia Lecky
Kiwanis Club
Blue Bird Grill
William van Horn
Gas Company Attorney Checks Proposed Line
Attorney Raymond Dodson of United Fuel Gas Co. spoke in Point Pleasant about titles for a proposed gas transmission line from Ravenswood to the West Virginia Ordnance Works. Harry Wolfe of New Haven was taken to Holzer Hospital for emergency appendectomy. condition reported satisfactory.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Dodson
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
Ravenswood
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Harry Wolfe
New Haven
Point Clinic
Holzer Hospital
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